The Island could have been really good...

Rating: 4/10 (21 August 2005)

WARNING! This review contains spoilers revealing key plot point of The Island:
XBOX, PUMA, MICHELOB, BEER, CHRYSLER, MSN, CALVIN KLEIN, NOKIA.
There is more but I don't want to give too much of the story away ;)
If you've seen the trailer you've seen the film sans blatant product placement...if you want the experience of seeing the film then simply watch the trailer again but peruse a catalogue at the same time being sure to make a note of handy products we may still have in the near future.
Really, in the space of two minutes there were two full on close up shots of a phone and a bottle of beer (both label facing camera). Is there really any need for this kind of crap? I though someone had spliced actual commercials into the movie.
Michael Bay needs to stop making movies he is a terrible director. The writers need to stop writing for they are terrible writers (did they actually write the advertisements into the script? - I wonder). Seriously. STOP. For the good of us all.